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aid
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From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Blood was its Avatar and its seal—the redness and the horror of blood.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.
Avatar
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From this reading Blood was its Avatar and its seal—the redness and the horror of blood.
ban
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From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.
bleeding
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From this reading There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.
BloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Blood was its Avatar and its seal—the redness and the horror of blood.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
country
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From this reading The Masque of the Red Death The “Red Death” had long devastated the country.
Death
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From this reading The Masque of the Red Death The “Red Death” had long devastated the country.
devastated
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From this reading The Masque of the Red Death The “Red Death” had long devastated the country.
dissolution
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From this reading There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.
dizziness
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From this reading There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.
especially
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From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.
face
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From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
fatal
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From this reading No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.
fellow-men
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From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Masque of the Red Death The “Red Death” had long devastated the country.
hideous
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From this reading No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
horror
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From this reading Blood was its Avatar and its seal—the redness and the horror of blood.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Blood was its Avatar and its seal—the redness and the horror of blood.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Masque of the Red Death The “Red Death” had long devastated the country.
Masque
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From this reading The Masque of the Red Death The “Red Death” had long devastated the country.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Masque of the Red Death The “Red Death” had long devastated the country.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.
out
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From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
pains
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From this reading There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.
pest
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From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
pestilence
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From this reading No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.
pores
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From this reading There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.
profuse
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From this reading There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.
Red
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From this reading The Masque of the Red Death The “Red Death” had long devastated the country.
redness
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From this reading Blood was its Avatar and its seal—the redness and the horror of blood.
scarlet
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From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
seal
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From this reading Blood was its Avatar and its seal—the redness and the horror of blood.
sharp
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From this reading There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.
shut
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From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.
stains
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From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.
sympathy
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From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Masque of the Red Death The “Red Death” had long devastated the country.
then
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From this reading There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.
There
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From this reading There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
victim
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From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Blood was its Avatar and its seal—the redness and the horror of blood.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The scarlet stains upon the body and especially upon the face of the victim, were the pest ban which shut him out from the aid and from the sympathy of his fellow-men.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores, with dissolution.
